• Question: Is HIV a parasite?

    Asked by hazzatherazza to Deuan on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Deuan Jones answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      HIV is a virus, and most people include viruses as parasites because they absolutely need to invade a cell in order to replicate. But because they’re such a large group and also because they can’t even carry out their own chemical reactions, they tend to be thought of as a seperate group.

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